The Game & Lifestyle Epiphany

Originally Posted by -TW

That doesn't really prove anything.

Sure it does. It proves that Joe's statement, about businesses that don't advertise, is false.

Originally Posted by -TW

Saying 'all the customers they can handle' is meaningless, really.

It means that an additional customer would have to wait in line to be served. Remember, I was talking about desperate need, not somebody wanting a hamburger.

Originally Posted by -TW

What they really mean (usually) is, 'all the customers they WANT.'

-- TW

The guy told me he had all the business he could handle. I took him at his word.

By way of further explanation, these businesses are technical trades businesses. Like air conditioner guys, roofers, and like that. Each of them decided to start their own shop to get rid of a boss. Each of them are highly skilled at their trades, nice guys who give good service, and have no idea how to run a business much less grow a business. They have just created their own jobs.

Even so, none of them advertise or promote in any way, and have all the business they can handle.

Not everybody wants to be rich and famous, or employ hundreds of workers while sitting on the beach. Some guys enjoy their work and as long as they can make a good living at it they're happy.